{"id":11155,"date":"2020-06-10T21:43:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T21:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifequote.com\/?p=11155"},"modified":"2022-06-23T21:23:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T21:23:05","slug":"life-application-activity-soars-mib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifequote.com\/v2\/life-application-activity-soars-mib\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Application Activity Soars: MIB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe COVID-19 has educated younger consumers about the value of life insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. life insurance application activity was 5.2% higher in May than in May 2019, according to MIB\u2019s new application activity report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>(Article reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkadvisor.com\/2020\/06\/10\/life-application-activity-soars-mib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ThinkAdvisor.com: Life Application Activity Soars: MIB<\/a>)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Braintree, Massachusetts-based life insurer consortium says overall application activity climbed even more for consumers in the youngest of the three age groups the MIB tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"AW-Form-216343401\"><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\/\/forms.aweber.com\/form\/01\/216343401.js\";\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, \"script\", \"aweber-wjs-18lt863vi\"));\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the MIB activity numbers for each age group for May:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ages 0-44:<\/strong>&nbsp;7.1%<\/li><li><strong>Ages 45-59:<\/strong>&nbsp;6.9%<\/li><li><strong>Ages 60 and older:<\/strong>&nbsp;-1.9%<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MIB helps life insurers share information used in underwriting. MIB bases its life application activity figures on MIB database usage data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Resources<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><em>A copy of the latest MIB life application activity report is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mibgroup.com\/riskanalytics\/life_index_pr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><em>An article about&nbsp;the MIB life application activity figures for April&nbsp;is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkadvisor.com\/2020\/05\/12\/covid-19-hits-life-application-activity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The overall MIB activity index rose 5.6% in February, then fell 2.2% in March, and 3% in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MIB analysts are shying away from drawing firm conclusions about the life market 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